Minneapolis, released on bail agent who killed Daunte Wright
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Murder Wright, anger returns to Minneapolis
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December 23, 2021 Kim Potter, the police officer who killed 20-year-old African American Daunte Wright in Minneapolis by shooting him with a service pistol, was found guilty. Potter has always claimed it was a tragic mistake, having mistaken the weapon for the taser.
Potter was found guilty (but only 12 jurors decided to deliver a verdict) on both counts, first and second degree murder, for which she faces up to 10 and 15 years in prison respectively. The conviction for the former agent, 49, is expected in the coming weeks.
After having listened to 33 witnesses in three weeks of trial, and after 27 hours in the council chamber, the thesis of the prosecution which has focused on the serious negligence of the former agent despite his training with firearms has passed.
The defense had supported the thesis of the error: "He did not know he was holding a gun, he thought it was the taser."
Daunte Wright, an African American, was stopped for a roadside check in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
The incident rekindled the anger of the local community, already hurt by the murder of George Floyd, who became a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement.